After OK'ing Unions For Security Officers, TSA Chief Says "Willing" To Fire Employees En Mass

[Omaha Steve]

http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/02/10/after-oking-unions-security-officers-tsa-chief-says-willing-fire-employees-en-masse-if-ne

by Mike Levine | February 10, 2011

Trying to quell concerns over his decision to let security officers vote on whether they want unions to represent them, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole told lawmakers Thursday he would be "willing" to fire TSA employees en masse should they go on strike or cause a slowdown in operations.

In a "determination" released Friday, Pistole said he has "given careful thought to the question of union representation" and would allow a vote "under specific conditions that protect security," requiring that any bargaining be at the national level and restricted to only certain employment issues, including attendance guidelines, transfers and awards. Officers could not bargain on security policies and procedures, pay or job qualifications, and would be "strictly" prohibited from "striking or engaging in work slowdowns of any kind," according to TSA.

But during a House hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., noted that telling officers they can't strike or engage in work slowdowns is not the same as "assuring" they can't. Brooks asked Pistole if he'd be "willing to fire en masse" should many officers violate the bargaining rules.

Pistole was at first hesitant to answer the question, saying of work slowdowns and strikes that "none of those are possibilities or options."

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[Turbineguy]

1. "...Strikes or slowdowns...."

Two words that strike fear and loathing into the hearts of repubs.

I was in a Union for 25 years. During that time I did 8 hours of picket duty and was involved in one dispute that did not cause a work stoppage or slowdown.

The real problem is that Unions hold management accountable for incompetence and flaky ideas.